Feather Quarry, Durlston Bay (DB102): Middle Berriasian, United Kingdom
collected by C. Willcox 1850
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Theriosuchus sp.
Owen 1878
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Milner 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Nuthetes destructor n. gen., n. sp.
Owen 1854
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| DORCM G913 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Eutriconodonta
- Triconodontidae
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Triconodon major n. sp.
Owen 1871
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Owen 1871 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Ostracoda
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| Milner 2002 | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
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| Milner 2002 | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Planorbidae
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Dorset |
| Coordinates: | 50.6° North, 2.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.0° North, 16.2° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Berriasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Berriasian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 141 - 139.1 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Purbeck | Formation: | Lulworth | Member: | Worbarrow Tout |
| Local section: | Durlston Bay | Local bed: | DB102 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: bed number K93 (also listed as J. 81-84) after Austen (1852); from the Feather Bed Marl level (DB102), not the Feather Bed; also called the "Middle Purbecks". Some dispute as to exact bed within the sequence, but Berriasian age is correct.
Cherty Freshwater Mbr = top of Worbarrow Tour Mrb. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination,shelly/skeletal,gray "shale" |
| Lithology description: "medium grey shales with rotted white bivalve and gastropod shells...thin brown/grey sandy ostracod biosparites with well-developed bedding laminations occur towards the base." | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera | ||
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | C. Willcox | Collection dates: | 1850s |
| Collection method comments: incorrectly stated as collected by Willcox and W. R. Brodie in Milner 2002 | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Durdlestone Bay | ||
| Database number: | 52254 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-08-02 13:44:09 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-02 13:44:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14060. | ETE | R. Owen. 1854. On some fossil reptilian and mammalian remains from the Purbecks. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 10:420-433 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 31205 | ETE | R. B. J. Benson and P. M. Barrett. 2009. Dinosaurs of Dorset: part I, the carnivorous dinosaurs (Saurischia, Theropoda). Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 130:133-147 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 15587 | ETE | M. J. Benton and P. S. Spencer. 1995. Fossil Reptiles of Great Britain. Chapman & Hall, London 1-386 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/J. Tennant] |
| 31216 | ETE | J. B. Delair. 1960. The Mesozoic reptiles of Dorset. Part two. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 80:52-90 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Benson] |
| 25192 | ETE | J. C. Mansel-Pleydell. 1888. Fossil reptiles of Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club 9:1-40 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 24418 | ETE | A. C. Milner. 2002. Theropod dinosaurs of the Purbeck Limestone Group, southern England. In A. R. Milner & D. J. Batten (eds.), Life and Environments in Purbeck Times. Special Papers in Palaeontology 68:191-201 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 14066 | ETE | R. Owen. 1861. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck formations. Part V. Lacertilia (Nuthetes, etc.). [Purbeck]. The Palaeontological Society, London 1858:31-39 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 29873 | R. Owen. 1871. Monograph of the fossil Mammalia of the Mesozoic formations. 24(110):vi-115 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano] | |
| 53456 | H. G. Seeley. 1893. On a reptilian tooth with two roots. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6 12:227-230 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 15490 | ETE | R. Steel. 1970. Part 14. Saurischia. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie/Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart 1-87 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 30971 | ETE | A. S. Woodward and C. D. Sherborn. 1890. A Catalogue of British Fossil Vertebrata. Dulao & Company, London 1-396 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |